Messale di Hrvoje

Probably the most interesting Glagolitic book is a liturgical book called Missal of Hrvoje, written in 1404 by a Glagolitic scribe Butko. It has 94 beautiful illuminations, 380 colourful initials (some of them in gold), and many more small initials. Some initials contain architectural elements of the city of Split. The book has been kept in the Library of the Turkish sultans (Topkapi Saray) in Constantinople since the 16th century. Once bound in precious covers (with gold and precisous stones), from 19th century Hrvoje's Missal is in leather binding. It is written in two columns on 488 pp (22.5x31 cm), and contains also some music notation.